Sites of Interest for Orthodox in Los Angeles? (Relics, Architecture, etc.)

[Alveus Lacuna]

Any pilgrimage sites of interest in the greater LA metro area? Any thing Orthodox or Catholic that is traditional, relics of shared saints, etc. is fine as I know California has a much older history with Catholicism, but many of the cities are consecrated to common saints between the traditions. Thanks! I'm going in a week.

 

[Iconodule]

Holy Transfiguration Cathedral (ROCOR, near Beverly Hills I think) is impressive. It's in a slightly skeezy neighborhood IMO but then again I regard all of LA as a big skeezy neighborhood so that might just be me. A few blocks away is Kavkaz, a nice little Armenian restaurant. I highly recommend their khinkali.

 

[DeniseDenise]

http://www.hvmla.org/en/#mainmenu


Upon your visit to Holy Virgin Mary Cathedral an Orthodox pilgrim may venerate the relics of Holy Greatmartyr Panteleimon, Holy Princes of Russia Alexander Nevsky and Daniel of Moscow; Venerable Seraphim of Sarov and Ambrose of Optina; Holy Hierarchs Innocent of Irkutsk, Joasaph of Belgorod, Innocent of Alaska, Theophan the Recluse, and Tikhon of Moscow; Holy New-Martyrs of Russia Grand Duchess Elizabeth and nun Barbara, as well as of a saint who recently shone forth in California, St. John of Shanghai and San Francissco. Among other sacred relics one may find here an icon of St. John of Krostadt with a piece of his priestly vestment, an icon of Archangel Michael with the stones from Gargano Cave, and an icon of Blessed Matrona of Moscow with a piece of her tomb.



Its also where Natalie Wood was married....and Rachmaninov's first funeral was

 

[Sharbel]

Its also where Natalie Wood was married....and Rachmaninov's first funeral was

Now I know why I've been fond of Natalie Wood since I was a wee lad: she was Russian!